OK...I'm going crazy now ... Going to do a combine tomorrow of a cut out that really had a SHB problem, and I could SWEAR I read a post on here about 'banging out' the SHB from the frames over a container of soapy water with 1/4" screen over the top. It sounded extremely logical to me at the time, and I built my "bang out" trap tonight...Now I can find the post to reinforce what was suggested. :? Ideas any and all? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

I'm I missing something or would 1/4" not be too big...hence, allowing bees through?

I would have though that you would have had to use like a #8 mesh (1/8" holes) to assure no bee loss!

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I did it with #8 cloth last year. Worked pretty well but some of the beetles would try to fly off and I would have to grind their little crunchy bodies through the sharp galvanized surface of the cloth. Which was really groovy. IMO this helps to do a quick reduction in adult beetle population and give the bees a chance to get ahead of them. The hive I did seemed to do better but still absconded this winter.